Hardcastle v. Pennsylvania

Feb 20, 1990
No. 88-5811; No. 88-6272; No. 88-7299; No. 89-5223; No. 89-6166; No. 89-6192; No. 89-6427; No. 89-6435
Versions:493 U.S. 1093

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 88-5811, 519 Pa. 236, 546 A. 2d 1101; No. 88-7299, 258 Ga. 583, 373 S. E. 2d 192; No. 89-5223, 128 Ill. 2d 231, 538 N. E. 2d 1107; No. 89-6166, 549 So. 2d 1370; No. 89-6192, 775 S. W. 2d 89; No. 89-6427, 238 Va. 295, 384 S. E. 2d 785; No. 89-6435, 238 Va. 563, 385 S. E. 2d 850.





Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.